Singers factory, Clydebank

[joette]

Thanks for that & I always thought that Castle Square was around there & never heard of Castle St despite all my years in Dalmuir.
I guess you know of the Rooks the family who were decimated by the Blitz in Castle Square almost four generations wiped out including babies & serviceman/men home on leave so sad!
If you have photos I would love some.Are you still in Clydebank? What school did you go to? I went to Dalmuir Primary followed by a sentence at Clydebank High which I absolutely loathed ! Schooldays happiest of your life-I hated them!!! Primary was ok but High School -bah humbug!

[Miss Poohs]

Small world!!

I went to Dalmuir primary too ('69 - '76) - it's away now, shame  it was a lovely wee school. There's a nursing home there now.

Followed by Clydebank High as well ('76 - '80). I was in Davaar, which house were in?

I'm 41 (nearly 42) by the way - wonder if we knew each other?

I loved CHS - it was pretty wild right enough but I had some good friend there. CHS and Braidfield are amalgamating this year - can you imagine??!!

The plan is for one of those new 'super schools' - hmmmm!!

I still stay in Dalmuir just over looking the swingpark at the top end of the park in Overtoun Rd. We're really lucky it's nice and quiet here.

I have heard of that family - the Rooks - tradgic story.

I'll see what photos Pete had on the camera - we still haven't got the other lappie back yet 

[joette]

I was in Eriskay I think but went there until 1972 but my younger sister & brothers went there too.
You might have known my brother Jim who started 1968.He was in that horrible Miss McDonald's class-do you remember her?
Miss Duncan was Head of Infants & Mr Paul was the Headie!.
Overtoun Rd is lovely & my elder sister almost bought a house there.My younger sister & I are the only ones not living in Dalmuir.
All my nephews,niece are at Loretto's. So the super school is not an issue as they did away with St.Andrews so not sure where they will go but not for a while.
I am a bit sad about the High School as my Aunt & Uncles went there too as did my Grandpa & Great Aunts/Uncles but that was when it was in Miller ST I think.
Funnily enough some of the teachers who taught my Aunt/Uncles were still there when I went.Then they are all 15,14 & 13 years younger than me.
I just hated it it was all so big & boring.

[Miss Poohs]

There were 2 Miss McDonalds when I was at Dalmuir Primary - 1 was quite young (waaayyy back then) she had a right Highlands accent. The other one was a right old dragon. I had the misfortune to get her in primary 7, the year before she retired apparently. She was known as Fishface - Fishy to her friends. She hated children with a passion and was always telling us we were MD - mentally deficient!!!

Mr McGregor was the head when I was there. I still see him locally.

Ahh the good ol' days 

[dfbowling]

Hello

       Clydebank has many websites including the Welcome to Singer site which shows some photos from the Clydebank Factory

www.singer1980.zoomshare.com

                                    regards

                                        dfbowling

[Mean_genie]

Thanks for the links, dfbowling, they look really intersting (and welcome to Rootschat too - you've made a terrific start, that's for sure!)

Several members of my family worked at Singers over the years, and my uncle Tommy even met his wife there about 50 years ago. Sadly, he's no longer with us, but my aunt still lives in Dalmuir, as do some of my cousins and their children. I don't know the area very well, but it's where I stay when I visit friends and family in the Glasgow area.

A big change for the better was when they built the Erskine Bridge - I also have family across the river in Johnstone and Paisley, and it used to take forever to get between the two before it went up!

Mean_genie

[bankie]

My cousin sent me these for my family tree. My uncle was a fireman in Singers before moving to Canada. Thats him standing underneath the clock

joe

[bankie]

here's couple more

joe

[joette]

Wonderful pictures especially Singers Clock- it was a handy reference to how late you were for school.I seemed to spend many times running through Dalmuir Park looking at the clock & thinking "It's detention for me today".
Thanks for those folks